Exponential growth: How folding paper can get you to the Moon

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    Can folding a piece of paper 45 times get you to the moon? By seeing what happens when folding just one piece of paper, we see the unbelievable potential of exponential growth. This lesson will leave you wanting to grab a piece of paper to see how many times you can fold it!
    Lesson by Adrian Paenza, animation by TED-Ed.

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  • @jantulinja8917
    @jantulinja8917 8 ปีที่แล้ว +6657

    i knew origami would get me somewhere one day

    • @hectorh112
      @hectorh112 8 ปีที่แล้ว +10

      lulz

    • @dantepalero4554
      @dantepalero4554 8 ปีที่แล้ว +8

      i know right

    • @squigglylines420
      @squigglylines420 7 ปีที่แล้ว +17

      but if u keep folding it even if it reaches the moon wont it be really thin?...like it will be tall and thin

    • @franciscog4071
      @franciscog4071 7 ปีที่แล้ว +6

      No, with zillyhoo

    • @llvllisun15
      @llvllisun15 7 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Yeah...

  • @muhammadsyah_1770
    @muhammadsyah_1770 3 ปีที่แล้ว +7003

    Teacher: how long is the distance between Earth and Moon..?
    Me: 45 folds..

  • @user-zr7fi3hn2i
    @user-zr7fi3hn2i 3 ปีที่แล้ว +6420

    *Hey, Ferb, I know what we're gonna do today!*

    • @BerriesSan
      @BerriesSan 3 ปีที่แล้ว +120

      UNDERRATED COMMENT

    • @zasproductions9258
      @zasproductions9258 3 ปีที่แล้ว +109

      *we’re going to fold paper that goes all the way to the moon*

    • @therealbeanbot
      @therealbeanbot 3 ปีที่แล้ว +27

      @@zasproductions9258 That was implied
      Also, hello fellow Productions

    • @zasproductions9258
      @zasproductions9258 3 ปีที่แล้ว +93

      Candace: *”Mom! Phineas & Ferb are going to the moon without their helmets on”*

    • @shahbazalam4268
      @shahbazalam4268 3 ปีที่แล้ว +8

      LEGENDARY COMMENT

  • @CharlesRainer
    @CharlesRainer 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1722

    If I write "I love you" in a paper and fold it 45 times, twice, would it be like saying "I love you to the moon and back?"
    👁️👄👁️

    • @select9th845
      @select9th845 3 ปีที่แล้ว +155

      nope 46 for it to have the "and back"

    • @CharlesRainer
      @CharlesRainer 3 ปีที่แล้ว +28

      @@select9th845 Ahh you're right.

    • @eesaisiot
      @eesaisiot 2 ปีที่แล้ว +15

      *Big brain over here*

    • @redetz158
      @redetz158 2 ปีที่แล้ว +6

      *pro gamer move right there*

    • @martinplayer2348
      @martinplayer2348 2 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      @@select9th845 I wanted to write that

  • @odinangie1377
    @odinangie1377 5 ปีที่แล้ว +4119

    Nasa : To the moon? That`ll cost 25 billion dollars. Adrian Paenza: No just fold paper 45x.

    • @TheElvisnator
      @TheElvisnator 5 ปีที่แล้ว +109

      Nasa: But you can't fold paper more than 7 times. Adrian Paenza: Hold my Beer

    • @AngelJin5799
      @AngelJin5799 5 ปีที่แล้ว +70

      Lol just folding the paper 45 times will cost 25 billion dollars

    • @KarlismiSN
      @KarlismiSN 5 ปีที่แล้ว +10

      Going to the moon costs 750 million dollars

    • @surabhibhatnagar4976
      @surabhibhatnagar4976 5 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      Same for the return trip😂

    • @bajtus2115
      @bajtus2115 5 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      @@TheElvisnator we can 8 times

  • @anyarr
    @anyarr 7 ปีที่แล้ว +3006

    I took a sheet of computer paper and stared at it for a while before going like, "Nope, this can NOT be as tall as the Empire State Building."
    Then I folded it 40 times
    The purpose of this comment is that I need help. If you see this comment, please tell NASA that I'm stuck on one of their satellites.

    • @anyarr
      @anyarr 7 ปีที่แล้ว +64

      ***** Come on, please, I'm running out of oxygen.

    • @anyarr
      @anyarr 7 ปีที่แล้ว +23

      ***** Thanks!

    • @anyarr
      @anyarr 7 ปีที่แล้ว +28

      ***** Don't worry, I'll try not to die.
      No promises though.

    • @sylomore7343
      @sylomore7343 7 ปีที่แล้ว +16

      Dead yet? :^(

    • @anyarr
      @anyarr 7 ปีที่แล้ว +20

      JamaicanPerson Very soon I will be, because people like you aren't telling NASA that I need help. >:/

  • @kumarrishabh7042
    @kumarrishabh7042 ปีที่แล้ว +213

    I love how his animation kept the area constant while increasing height only

    • @jackieboy978
      @jackieboy978 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      😂

    • @SeanK1684
      @SeanK1684 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Lol same here

    • @lxncexzs
      @lxncexzs 9 หลายเดือนก่อน +7

      well the reason u cant fold paper more than 7 times is bcs its get too small so thats probably why

  • @TrueUmbreon1
    @TrueUmbreon1 4 ปีที่แล้ว +244

    Dad: what are you doing?
    Kid: my science project

  • @sarahskelecat
    @sarahskelecat 5 ปีที่แล้ว +1528

    "Mom"
    "Yes"
    "Get the Bible"
    "Why"
    *"WE'RE GOING TO HEAVEN"*
    *_"WHAT"_*

    • @kunalbhardwaj9060
      @kunalbhardwaj9060 4 ปีที่แล้ว +28

      Underrated

    • @elbryan4751
      @elbryan4751 4 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      Jajajaja

    • @soba1180
      @soba1180 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      This.

    • @matthewredmond2773
      @matthewredmond2773 4 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      Hahahahah

    • @slolilols
      @slolilols 4 ปีที่แล้ว +11

      *_Haven't seen a genuinely good comment in a while, you made my day_* 😂

  • @matzz1413
    @matzz1413 5 ปีที่แล้ว +5971

    I got 56 Bibles
    72 dictionarys
    45 Harry Potter books
    See y'all later I'm going to Mars!

    • @u13613to
      @u13613to 5 ปีที่แล้ว +28

      😂😂

    • @endmepls1723
      @endmepls1723 5 ปีที่แล้ว +402

      The real question is why do you have 56 Bibles

    • @jodyjadetv8620
      @jodyjadetv8620 5 ปีที่แล้ว +311

      If each Bible, dictionary, and Harry Potter books are 1000 pages, and you folded them all 45 times, it will be 25.42 million light years wide

    • @tanishadaharwal9386
      @tanishadaharwal9386 5 ปีที่แล้ว +123

      Ted-ed watchers are damn funny and super smart when it comes to commenting
      😂😂

    • @samanyuokade965
      @samanyuokade965 5 ปีที่แล้ว +235

      You’ve got 72 dictionaries and yet u call them dictionarys

  • @rohitravuri5267
    @rohitravuri5267 2 ปีที่แล้ว +51

    3:34
    Thanks dude I thought I would be stuck after reaching Moon

  • @getpriyanka
    @getpriyanka 3 ปีที่แล้ว +406

    *Darn, Elon should see this. He would probably close down spacex and open a book store*

    • @Netpilation
      @Netpilation 2 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      Not so funny

    • @Fat_Catt
      @Fat_Catt 2 ปีที่แล้ว +16

      So you’re saying Jeff bozos was right to be in the book business al along

    • @Ronald1324
      @Ronald1324 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      Brilliant person, you’re. Quite the thinker.

    • @SeanK1684
      @SeanK1684 ปีที่แล้ว

      🤣🤣🤣🤣

  • @iloveass8851
    @iloveass8851 5 ปีที่แล้ว +2691

    NASA: We'll have Humans at mars in the next 10 years
    Paper: Hold my beer...

  • @peanut5350
    @peanut5350 6 ปีที่แล้ว +5362

    "Mom, get the bible we're going to the moon!"

    • @thatoneguy9582
      @thatoneguy9582 6 ปีที่แล้ว +161

      Nohlan Fisherman
      Screw that, we're to Uranus

    • @galaxyofneon._.5352
      @galaxyofneon._.5352 6 ปีที่แล้ว +57

      That One Guy what about Pluto or Planet X?

    • @thatoneguy9582
      @thatoneguy9582 6 ปีที่แล้ว +35

      GalaxyOfNeon ._.
      Probably doesn't go that far
      60 times however

    • @pinco_pallo
      @pinco_pallo 6 ปีที่แล้ว +39

      Well... I would never use the Bible to do that.

    • @Alexgamer-qg7go
      @Alexgamer-qg7go 6 ปีที่แล้ว +9

      GalaxyOfNeon ._. What about son?

  • @AlbertTheGamer-gk7sn
    @AlbertTheGamer-gk7sn ปีที่แล้ว +16

    By the way, here is something called dimension compression.
    You start with a rectangle with dimensions 1x2. It has an area of 2 square units. However, if we were to move the line on top of the rectangle to the midpoint, the bottom line will double in length, assuming the area of the rectangle remains constant. Then, it will have dimensions of 0.5x4. If we keep dragging the top line as the space becomes infinitesimally small as the 2 lines converge on top of each other, we will get a line that extends infinitely; a dimension. We can do the same thing with a 3D cube, where we will compress the top square to the bottom one which increases it to extrude it into a flat 2D plane. Therefore, we can theorize we are living in a 4D tesseract where the top cube is compressing against the bottom cube, causing the universe to expand at negative velocities. When the top cube lies on top of the bottom cube, the Big Rip will happen as the bottom cube gets an infinite 3D volume. Therefore, if you want to extrude something into the 4th dimension, you must make them infinitely large in 3 dimensions, and then pull the top cube out of the bottom cube, which will shrink the tesseract back to finite dimensions. Therefore, if we divide by 0, we can create an infinitely large Rubik's cube and pull the cubes away to create the first 3x3x3x3 Rubik's tesseract.

    • @Dawe0110
      @Dawe0110 5 หลายเดือนก่อน

      Best comment I’ve read in a looong time

  • @JustWasted3HoursHere
    @JustWasted3HoursHere 2 ปีที่แล้ว +56

    I remember reading somewhere years ago - and it seemed as incredible as this one - that if you could fold a piece of paper 100 times it would actually be taller than the KNOWN UNIVERSE is wide. That is, it would be about 16.7 *BILLION* _lightyears_ tall. Doesn't seem feasible until you start actually doing the math.
    Another one similar to this is the one where you hire someone to work for you for 30 days, but you're going to pay them every day double what you gave them the day before, but you will start with only 1 penny. So, on day two you will give them 2 pennies (so now they have 3 pennies, etc). How much would they have at the end of the 30 days? Almost 11 million dollars!

    • @dratelectasis
      @dratelectasis ปีที่แล้ว +1

      103 times i think was the exact number

    • @Raxi._.
      @Raxi._. 10 หลายเดือนก่อน +3

      The atoms wouldnt be enough to reach thay long. And..... The universe is expanding and...... we dont know how big The universe is so......its an impossible theory

    • @JustWasted3HoursHere
      @JustWasted3HoursHere 10 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

      @@Raxi._. Well of course the paper itself would be impossible because it would require more atoms than there are in the universe to construct it, but as an example of geometric progression it checks out.

  • @what7368
    @what7368 7 ปีที่แล้ว +1875

    0 folds.
    I can't bring myself to ruin such fine paper.

    • @what7368
      @what7368 7 ปีที่แล้ว +20

      We're doing it, man.
      We're making this happen.

    • @benjaminsambol
      @benjaminsambol 7 ปีที่แล้ว +22

      CursedPugs #paperlivesmatter

    • @porlQ
      @porlQ 7 ปีที่แล้ว +14

      CursedPugs #paperlivesmatter

    • @gtavxelidze
      @gtavxelidze 7 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      so, you want to say that you are stupid?

    • @r.p.cubers4900
      @r.p.cubers4900 7 ปีที่แล้ว

      CursedPugs idiot

  • @Isvoor
    @Isvoor 7 ปีที่แล้ว +3273

    I like it how they added instructions on how to get back. We wouldn't want anyone getting stuck on the moon, would we?

    • @elti8614
      @elti8614 6 ปีที่แล้ว +7

      Isvoor 😂😂😂😂😂😅

    • @HusseinAli-ue1rl
      @HusseinAli-ue1rl 6 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      Isvoor 😅😅 How did you noticed this !!

    • @-fewkey-2362
      @-fewkey-2362 6 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Isvoor yea 🙌 and how do we fold that much paper it impossible tell the further

    • @randomcannon3260
      @randomcannon3260 6 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      Let someone get lost though. 😈

    • @jaynishdesai7057
      @jaynishdesai7057 6 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      🤣🤣🤣

  • @tranhuy6038
    @tranhuy6038 3 ปีที่แล้ว +82

    "What would you imagine the thickness of the paper would be then?"
    me: idk probably like 10 cm
    also me after I've seen the 25th fold: BOI

    • @lincolnloud9560
      @lincolnloud9560 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      2 to the 1 = 2
      2 to the 2 = 4
      2 to the 3 =8
      2 to the 4 = 16

    • @myhoang2194
      @myhoang2194 ปีที่แล้ว

      the answer if u fold the paper 45 times is, well
      around 1 carbon atom

  • @BakedPotatoYT1
    @BakedPotatoYT1 4 ปีที่แล้ว +35

    Ok, but why do i feel like swallowing my saliva just from hearing this guy talking?

    • @Will____13007
      @Will____13007 3 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      w...t...f...

    • @cubicyt9441
      @cubicyt9441 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      Wait, do you swallow your saliva everytime ( gulping), then you have aerophagia

  • @cristianus1845
    @cristianus1845 5 ปีที่แล้ว +513

    1:04 "...what would you imagine the thickness of the paper would be then?"
    Me: "乇乂ㄒ尺卂 ㄒ卄丨匚匚"

  • @EggsBenedicts
    @EggsBenedicts 6 ปีที่แล้ว +2426

    Damn that paper *THICC*

    • @colettehalper1682
      @colettehalper1682 5 ปีที่แล้ว

      Rishabh Vailaya and Hellbanisher rockz😂

    • @raiden8523
      @raiden8523 5 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      Your name is a DIRECT refrence to fnaf sister location.

    • @5vhr369
      @5vhr369 5 ปีที่แล้ว

      A girl I saw yesterday was *T. H. I. C. E. R*

    • @rayel4142
      @rayel4142 5 ปีที่แล้ว

      @Justin Y. lol

    • @Zeus-cy2cz
      @Zeus-cy2cz 5 ปีที่แล้ว

      @Justin Y. when and what time u disappear from me

  • @buddy1550
    @buddy1550 3 ปีที่แล้ว +13

    These are the thoughts I get when I am bored and couldn't sleep at night

  • @duke9081
    @duke9081 2 ปีที่แล้ว +49

    This is very theoretical! It’s scientifically impossible, you would also need to start with a huge paper, it has to be super flexible, more flexible than silk

    • @Raxi._.
      @Raxi._. 10 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      And the moon is moving so it would actually be longer distance to travel

    • @akkiaddizone6889
      @akkiaddizone6889 10 หลายเดือนก่อน

      Obviously, It is just theoretical. What? You think people would actually do this

  • @AjinkyaNaikksp
    @AjinkyaNaikksp 8 ปีที่แล้ว +950

    And so I grabbed a piece of paper and started folding it and after 5 folds the paper was torn.
    Moral :- Never take Science so lightly even if it seems easy.

    • @0cheeseburga
      @0cheeseburga 8 ปีที่แล้ว +12

      indeed, leave folding paper to the aerospace engineers!

    • @AjinkyaNaikksp
      @AjinkyaNaikksp 8 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      0cheeseburga yes :D

    • @Xthis1s4youX
      @Xthis1s4youX 8 ปีที่แล้ว +12

      you don't really need to fold the paper, just cut it in half everytime and put one half on top of the other, that way you won't have that pesky problem of it being hard to fold

    • @AjinkyaNaikksp
      @AjinkyaNaikksp 8 ปีที่แล้ว

      Sevanape This1s4you hmm :)

    • @AjinkyaNaikksp
      @AjinkyaNaikksp 8 ปีที่แล้ว

      NullAndIce :D

  • @cheeseburgermonkey7104
    @cheeseburgermonkey7104 4 ปีที่แล้ว +352

    NASA: ...Nope, we cant afford a rocket to space.
    Me: *folds paper 45 times*
    NASA: *ITS A MOON LADDER*

    • @justfish7086
      @justfish7086 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      wow very funny 😒

    • @suburbanthebot-5583
      @suburbanthebot-5583 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@justfish7086 “😒”

    • @myhoang2194
      @myhoang2194 ปีที่แล้ว

      you cant even see the ladder anyways, it is as thin as an carbon atom

  • @peterwoolfrey5491
    @peterwoolfrey5491 3 ปีที่แล้ว +25

    I'd like to see the same animation done with the size of the sheet of paper, assuming when you get to the moon, you have a stack that measures 8-1/2" x 11" x 250,000,000 miles. How big of a sheet do you need to start with?

    • @JacobMcCaslin
      @JacobMcCaslin 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Define how big you want it to be at the end and multiply it by 2^45

  • @elixirow3892
    @elixirow3892 4 ปีที่แล้ว +42

    Ted Ed: *lessons worth sharing*
    Me: brain dead after this 4 minute vid

  • @notydino
    @notydino 8 ปีที่แล้ว +240

    When you fold a 1meter length paper 40 times, the length/width would be reduced to 9e-13m. I believe this is smaller then the size of an atom. The paper tower would be so thin it couldn't hold together at the sub atomic level. So even as a hypothetical discussion, the concept doesn't hold water very well.

    • @JupitersDancer
      @JupitersDancer 8 ปีที่แล้ว +42

      You forgot to take in account that when you fold 40 times, you actually only fold 20 times the width and 20 times the height. For example if a paper of one squared meter is folded once, either the width or the height is still 1m long. So when folded 40 times, the sides are still about 0.9 microns long...

    • @notydino
      @notydino 8 ปีที่แล้ว +16

      Pablo M
      Ah I see. Very good correction sir.

    • @CODMReaper
      @CODMReaper 8 ปีที่แล้ว +6

      NERDSSSSSSSSS

    • @vision716
      @vision716 8 ปีที่แล้ว

      +monckey100 True

    • @spectrum6474
      @spectrum6474 8 ปีที่แล้ว +6

      +Balee Tong best, most accurate comeback ever

  • @minhhanhao8104
    @minhhanhao8104 5 ปีที่แล้ว +458

    Somebody: "Love you to the moon and back"
    Me: *YoU mEaN...*

    • @Orion98.89
      @Orion98.89 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Minh Hạnh Đào hahahahh

    • @MichaelAutism
      @MichaelAutism 4 ปีที่แล้ว

      thào?

    • @crazybrickstudios7482
      @crazybrickstudios7482 4 ปีที่แล้ว

      Breeeehhhhhhhh
      Never mind

    • @tonymp
      @tonymp 4 ปีที่แล้ว +10

      Love you 46 paper folds!

    • @wumpoooo
      @wumpoooo 3 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      *Love... haven't heard that name in years*

  • @rxhx
    @rxhx ปีที่แล้ว +7

    Maybe if the paper was a million miles wide, we could get a visible folded bridge to the moon out of it.

  • @DecemberNames
    @DecemberNames 8 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    I just watched your video and I really enjoyed it! Your video was well-made, informative, and entertaining. I especially liked the way you explained the topic in a clear and concise way. I also appreciate the way you included relevant details in your video.
    Overall, I thought your video was excellent! I would definitely recommend it to others who are interested in learning more about the topic.
    Thanks for creating such a great video!
    Sincerely.
    PS: I outsourced this feedback to AI

  • @thealexguy1486
    @thealexguy1486 5 ปีที่แล้ว +1707

    So let's say we take an average newspaper, 4800cm^2. When this is folded in half the area halves and becomes 2400cm^2. As you continue to fold the paper in half, the area keeps shrinking resulting in 45 folds making a piece of paper of size 0.0000000001cm^2, which is 140 times smaller than a carbon atom (which is inside a molecule of paper), therefore if folding paper more than 7 times was possible, 45 times would result in an atom being split meaning you couldn't get it to the moon.

    • @gabduugabduu2736
      @gabduugabduu2736 5 ปีที่แล้ว +27

      Right

    • @fortniteloser5111
      @fortniteloser5111 5 ปีที่แล้ว +122

      thealexguy1 RElax he’s just saying if you had the world’s biggest
      piece of bible paper you *could* get to the moon.

    • @alsatan1032
      @alsatan1032 5 ปีที่แล้ว +54

      But what if you cut the paper in half and put the first half on the other? Also you can take a bigger paper... I mean if you take a paper with an area equal to the surface of the earth, what Will happen?

    • @jael640
      @jael640 5 ปีที่แล้ว +29

      @@alsatan1032 that's an excellent question - the one about a paper being equal to the surface of the earth - i would love to hear an answer as well

    • @karthikrox6310
      @karthikrox6310 5 ปีที่แล้ว +21

      @@alsatan1032 won't help much, since by exponential growth ( and shrinkage) only one more fold can ruin all the extra size you took initially.

  • @dragonmanover9000
    @dragonmanover9000 3 ปีที่แล้ว +5

    To continue with this mathematical phenomenon, let's come up with an equation for this paper-folding technique.
    If we think of this as x = t * 2^n, with x being the length of the folded paper, t being the original thickness, and n being the number of times we fold the paper, we can find how large n would be at a certain thickness if we know how thick the paper originally was. According to the video, the thickness of this magical paper is 0.001 cm, or 0.00001 m, or 10^-5 m, so we can use this starting thickness again for this example.
    Finally, let's come up with a distance we can reach. Since they already used the distance between the earth and moon as an example, let's come up with something bigger, like the distance to the sun. That distance is 150 million km or 1.5 * 10^11 meters. Plugging it in, we get 1.5 * 10^11 = 10^-5 * 2^n, which must mean that 2^n is 1.5 * 10^16.
    We can find n by transforming the exponent into a log, and so we get the log function log2(1.5 * 10^16), which is equal to 53.736. Since we can't fold the fraction of a distance, we can round it up to get 54 folds.
    Let's go even further:
    Distance to Proxima Centauri (4 * 10^16 meters) = 71.760 (72) folds
    Length of Milky Way Galaxy (1.75 * 10^21 meters) = 87.177 (87) folds
    Diameter of Observable Universe (8.8 * 10^26 meters) = 106.117 (106) folds

  • @hpsmash77
    @hpsmash77 4 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    Narrator at 2:00
    Me: yeah, only if we could do that

  • @mamamamamamamamia
    @mamamamamamamamia 5 ปีที่แล้ว +1959

    By folding it 45 times, we get to the moon, and by doubling it....
    *me thinking* mars?
    We get back to earth
    *brain.exe has stopped working*

    • @kubatutak9452
      @kubatutak9452 5 ปีที่แล้ว +30

      Mars is actually 10~50x further from earth than moon at best moments (when distance between earth and mars is smallest) so u should fold it 3~6 times more

    • @LaxminarayanSG
      @LaxminarayanSG 4 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      Even further than pluto

    • @jamsty8225
      @jamsty8225 4 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      If you fold it 50 times it should reach the sun

    • @louietapao
      @louietapao 4 ปีที่แล้ว +24

      [GD] Kwee67 it wouldn't, it'll burn

    • @wow5890
      @wow5890 4 ปีที่แล้ว +15

      Kuba Tutak if you fold a paper 103 times it will be larger than the observable universe, sooooo

  • @Pipiopy
    @Pipiopy 8 ปีที่แล้ว +909

    Let's face it, we all know folding paper won't get us to the moon.

    • @thatonechaoschildandaceatt8358
      @thatonechaoschildandaceatt8358 8 ปีที่แล้ว +17

      +Alex Raxach It would reach the distance to earth from the moon, but it's paper.
      Just imagine a bunch of people trying to climb a piece of paper. It would fall over, if the wind didn't blow it over.

    • @danielrenner5632
      @danielrenner5632 8 ปีที่แล้ว +9

      +I will get a username when I stop being lazy. That mental image cracked me up. Thank you.

    • @nacho74
      @nacho74 8 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      +Alex Raxach We don't need to go to the moon, because we have earth. If we were on the moon, we would desire to reach to the earth because earth has oxygen, a lot of water/H2O,iron, magnesium, sulfur, nickel, calcium which make up the bulk composition and more elements, an Ozon layer, the ideal amount of gravity for us to be developed the way we are, a strong magnetic field to protect us from solar eruptions, is in the habitable zone and full of life in every corner. The moon has also many of those elements but has e.g. a much thinner atmosphere, much less water in form of ice and is inhabitable without astronautic devices.
      So, what is better for us, the moon or our earth?
      We need to face it that paper doesn't work the way it is imagined with folding.

    • @Pipiopy
      @Pipiopy 8 ปีที่แล้ว +9

      +nadjim73 Dude, there's something seriously wrong with you :)

    • @nacho74
      @nacho74 8 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      Alex Raxach Well, i may appear that way to some, but for my own, i am alright. Btw, it doesn't have to be bad that something is wrong with me in an unlikely right society, don't it.
      Speaking about something wrong simply indicates that there is something right on the other side which is expected to be normal.

  • @faslaiqbal628
    @faslaiqbal628 3 ปีที่แล้ว +12

    I am sure. In the future there will be 'folds' as unit of distance

    • @bohanwithb1546
      @bohanwithb1546 2 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      its already there!, for eg
      "i will repay this kindness ten-fold! "

    • @totallynotpaul6211
      @totallynotpaul6211 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@bohanwithb1546 I think ten-fold doesn't mean you will repay it 1024 times over only 10

    • @bohanwithb1546
      @bohanwithb1546 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@totallynotpaul6211 just sayin it's a unit of measurement in speech

  • @whitecarl69420
    @whitecarl69420 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    love this guy.

  • @azrisyarifuddin2333
    @azrisyarifuddin2333 5 ปีที่แล้ว +485

    1919: soon in the future we will have flying cars.
    2019: nope but have papers though.

    • @ramuk1933
      @ramuk1933 5 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      8995446: I shouldn't be here

    • @valenciocruz368
      @valenciocruz368 4 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      There were papers at that time....

    • @RexVonTerror
      @RexVonTerror 4 ปีที่แล้ว

      Why do you copy other people's comments?... You literally just changed the last part

    • @BainDoesThings
      @BainDoesThings 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      There Are Flying Cars In 2019 Btw This Video Was Posted In 2012

    • @OHGBOMB
      @OHGBOMB 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Cars was not invented yet !!

  • @shauryasharma3084
    @shauryasharma3084 6 ปีที่แล้ว +711

    Finally found a way to reach the moon back in just 50 cents, Now that's called saving

    • @piemack9389
      @piemack9389 6 ปีที่แล้ว +22

      Shaurya Sharma good luck climbing that you might need to also make a homemade spacesuit

    • @justinmarkrivera5092
      @justinmarkrivera5092 6 ปีที่แล้ว +6

      Shaurya Sharma well, if you can fold a paper that thick then maybe since getting up to 10 folds is barely doable. Mythbusters even got up to 11 and the used a large wide paper and used a steam roller just to flatten it. Also you have to make it stand up and it having a height of over 6 miles is hard if not impossible unless it had a lot of support.

    • @wailimchan376
      @wailimchan376 6 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      by the time u get to around 8 folds, the height of the paper will prevent you from making another fold.

    • @JA-nv4zb
      @JA-nv4zb 6 ปีที่แล้ว

      Why not fold dirt

    • @tabzoo7819
      @tabzoo7819 6 ปีที่แล้ว

      Shaurya Sharma yea instead of spending 3.4 billion on a spaceship that ur only using once

  • @ean627
    @ean627 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    i first thought this was fake, but now that im learning about exponential growth and decay in khan academy, i think it is posible if you have the right sized paper

    • @Random-hf4xs
      @Random-hf4xs 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      right size paper = galaxy size. even size of Sun isnt enough.

  • @thebeast5215
    @thebeast5215 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    A good demonstration for students of the power of exponential growth.

  • @tiqosc1809
    @tiqosc1809 7 ปีที่แล้ว +947

    120 folds and u go to edge of the universe

    • @benjaminsambol
      @benjaminsambol 7 ปีที่แล้ว +55

      johnson SC go back to minecraft, kid.

    • @seanbush5313
      @seanbush5313 7 ปีที่แล้ว +30

      lol what??

    • @tiqosc1809
      @tiqosc1809 7 ปีที่แล้ว +50

      wtf?

    • @edofluit7026
      @edofluit7026 7 ปีที่แล้ว +34

      you know he said the edge of the universe not of space.

    • @jamesyboy4626
      @jamesyboy4626 7 ปีที่แล้ว +22

      why would it take infinity folds to get to the edge of the universe? 103 folds and the the piece of paper would be as thick as the universe.

  • @gredangeo
    @gredangeo 8 ปีที่แล้ว +460

    Why are you using miles for? You started off good in one unit, and fucked up.

    • @TheTatocba
      @TheTatocba 8 ปีที่แล้ว +87

      gredangeo Americans won't get the metric system.....just be glad the idea was simple otherwise he'd start using football fields as a unit of measurement

    • @Perkele_Itse
      @Perkele_Itse 8 ปีที่แล้ว +17

      +TheTatocba And that has an issue of it's own, as "football" field are actually "hand-egg" fields, much smaller than actual FOOTball fields :D

    • @TheTatocba
      @TheTatocba 8 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      +TotalTempest American football ie a sport in which feet and ball have little to no contact at all! dude please dont get me started on "the world series" thingy hahaha!

    • @mathewgee3467
      @mathewgee3467 8 ปีที่แล้ว

      +TotalTempest I'm from Australia.

    • @JKTCGMV13
      @JKTCGMV13 8 ปีที่แล้ว

      +gredangeo As an American, metric is only practical for small things. Anything larger (like the distances you'll find on a road sign) is taught/displayed in Imperial so there's no real point using kilometers.

  • @Notthingreal
    @Notthingreal 2 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    Hmm so I can go to the moon right now?
    Reality: let me introduce myself

    • @taroouu
      @taroouu 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Angelo

  • @yahya-ademolaademola3257
    @yahya-ademolaademola3257 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    You should explain about the setbacks. The paper being folded increases in height, but reduces in length. Which means there's a limited height it can reach.

  • @OwnageCubed
    @OwnageCubed 7 ปีที่แล้ว +591

    Yeah you can go infinitely high, but its length and witdh DECREASE exponentially with each fold. Interesting video though.

    • @orangebird6968
      @orangebird6968 7 ปีที่แล้ว +31

      He never mentioned the size of the paper.

    • @danfox7920
      @danfox7920 7 ปีที่แล้ว +20

      OrangeBird he did, he says at the start that's it's the size of a page out of a newspaper

    • @orangebird6968
      @orangebird6968 7 ปีที่แล้ว +15

      Point is, we don't know how big exactly that newspaper is. Don't tell me that the hands are a reference point. Why? They're just put there to make things understandable.

    • @rygnyr3083
      @rygnyr3083 7 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      OwnageCubed Sorry

    • @coluurs5660
      @coluurs5660 6 ปีที่แล้ว

      OwnageCubed yeah he knows, he just made it like that so it's not confusing

  • @YotamBarakJAB271104
    @YotamBarakJAB271104 4 ปีที่แล้ว +354

    "Someone is getting to the top of the empire state building with a paper"
    Wind: "I'm about to end this man's whole career. "

    • @aaronfernandes3739
      @aaronfernandes3739 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      😹😹

    • @JimboG_BoyZofficial
      @JimboG_BoyZofficial 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      LMFAO!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

    • @anshumanagrawal346
      @anshumanagrawal346 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      To be able to fold it that many times the paper would have to be so long that its weight is also a lot, so it wouldn't fall from wind

  • @thelastsurvivor8744
    @thelastsurvivor8744 2 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    His voice is just so relaxing 😌

  • @alphaamoeba
    @alphaamoeba 4 ปีที่แล้ว +7

    This is something people don't seem to understand, especially in these harsh coronavirus times

    • @eesaisiot
      @eesaisiot 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      It's crazy that the Covid-19 outbreak happened a year ago.

    • @alphaamoeba
      @alphaamoeba 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@eesaisiot yeahh

  • @chefmike4414
    @chefmike4414 4 ปีที่แล้ว +156

    I fold toilet paper all the time like that lol. Guess where it goes, that's right Uranus.

    • @BatmanBeyondBelief
      @BatmanBeyondBelief 2 ปีที่แล้ว +12

      Underrated comment

    • @SHaKoB0_0
      @SHaKoB0_0 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Lmaooo

    • @khushbu2u
      @khushbu2u 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      Lmaoooo

    • @sudipto4447
      @sudipto4447 2 ปีที่แล้ว +7

      lol that was a good pun this need more likes

    • @verlax8956
      @verlax8956 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      pretty good

  • @pritishsai
    @pritishsai 8 ปีที่แล้ว +293

    If you start the month with $1 and double it every day, you'd be a billionaire by the end of that month.

    • @BohdanMcClane
      @BohdanMcClane 8 ปีที่แล้ว +84

      +Pritish Sai If your father give you a small loan of a million dollars you will be a Trump.

    • @gagealdrich6128
      @gagealdrich6128 8 ปีที่แล้ว

      +Bohdan “oovlq” McClane lmao

    • @thydimov9909
      @thydimov9909 8 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      21 days = 3 weeks

    • @kiyandowning5805
      @kiyandowning5805 8 ปีที่แล้ว

      Wow I just checked and that's actually true

    • @Tokijacobsen
      @Tokijacobsen 8 ปีที่แล้ว

      can you explain it?

  • @Elvathar
    @Elvathar 3 ปีที่แล้ว +7

    Is this how we are going to get beyond Lightspeed, folding spacetime? :D

  • @pacuti7049
    @pacuti7049 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Me - folding paper
    Dad- what are u doing
    Me -planing to go to moon

  • @MrAk474life
    @MrAk474life 8 ปีที่แล้ว +905

    I can only get to 44 folds

    • @goopyfish3275
      @goopyfish3275 7 ปีที่แล้ว +100

      Woah your talented I'm stuck at 43

    • @StanDeMan2001
      @StanDeMan2001 7 ปีที่แล้ว

      hahahaha✌

    • @giacomosuriano7017
      @giacomosuriano7017 7 ปีที่แล้ว +7

      I can fold it 76 times 12 hours......

    • @Tlactl
      @Tlactl 7 ปีที่แล้ว

      lol ur comment on October 5 2016 has 45 likes

    • @ctvgamingothman2331
      @ctvgamingothman2331 7 ปีที่แล้ว

      Phillip Abreu '

  • @TheVampire120
    @TheVampire120 7 ปีที่แล้ว +347

    fun fact:
    25 folds and its height would be 0.25 miles
    it's width would be 0.0000002 ft
    this is called exponential decay
    45 folds and it's width would be 0.000 000 000 000 28
    width (diameter) of an atom's nucleuss 1x10^12 which is close to width of 45 folds
    45 folds and we get ladders to the moon that are 3 nucleuses wide
    hold my beer

    • @jlknightetherion5549
      @jlknightetherion5549 6 ปีที่แล้ว +15

      Grunt
      We need paper 45 light-years in size

    • @nobody6317
      @nobody6317 6 ปีที่แล้ว +11

      Not nucleuses
      It's nuclei

    • @aki_ingason3376
      @aki_ingason3376 6 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      Nerd

    • @goldencookie5456
      @goldencookie5456 6 ปีที่แล้ว +16

      Grunt I did this in my 8th grade speech. If you fold a normal piece of paper 103 times, it’ll be thicker than the whole observable universe. And for the width, I would probably be smaller than a plank which is the smallest thing in the entire universe.

    • @nobody6317
      @nobody6317 6 ปีที่แล้ว

      Áki Ingason
      Who me?

  • @infinity8715
    @infinity8715 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Everybody gansta till a giant folded paper hits on the head

  • @Davi.J
    @Davi.J 2 ปีที่แล้ว +5

    "How to reach more than 320 block limit in minecraft"
    Google: "You can't"
    Bing:

  • @palashpandey2389
    @palashpandey2389 7 ปีที่แล้ว +132

    all shitheads trying to say "its physically impossible " or this "video is misleading",this is trying to teach the concept of exponential growth , its an analogy which is perfect to me.peace.

    • @michaelgriggs7839
      @michaelgriggs7839 6 ปีที่แล้ว +9

      Palash Pandey finally someone who actually uses their brain

    • @imzomniax
      @imzomniax 6 ปีที่แล้ว

      Go back to kindergarden

    • @qepidu-lyibh9799
      @qepidu-lyibh9799 6 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      Look at your profile picture, now look at your name.

  • @hidebehind3565
    @hidebehind3565 6 ปีที่แล้ว +308

    Well... Its length will be enough to go to the Moon (in 45 folds). But how am I going to climb it? I need a solution NOW. I have to go to the Moon this weekend for my school project.

    • @thezekenator7584
      @thezekenator7584 6 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      Hide Behind you dont

    • @quack2757
      @quack2757 6 ปีที่แล้ว +16

      Just use a paper the size of Asia!

    • @fredjones2047
      @fredjones2047 6 ปีที่แล้ว +17

      Well a bible has a lot of pages, make some stairs!

    • @user-nu3sd7zb2j
      @user-nu3sd7zb2j 6 ปีที่แล้ว

      Hide Behind Start with folding it 7 times , then talk lol

    • @Ashegao
      @Ashegao 6 ปีที่แล้ว

      Sophia lol

  • @loderoggen441
    @loderoggen441 4 ปีที่แล้ว +19

    Sure, let's start with the metric system and when numbers get bigger, switch to miles (why!?)...

  • @naseemnich860
    @naseemnich860 2 ปีที่แล้ว +5

    This may be the reason Jeff bezoz started from an online book store and now trying to reach the moon

  • @chriswashingtonbeats
    @chriswashingtonbeats 6 ปีที่แล้ว +737

    Have you ever tried to fold a piece of paper more than 8 times. It's impossible.

    • @trevorphillips6884
      @trevorphillips6884 6 ปีที่แล้ว +88

      Rhino Alestorm mythbusters broke that myth got 11 folds into a huge piece of paper

    • @chriswashingtonbeats
      @chriswashingtonbeats 6 ปีที่แล้ว +13

      Trevor Phillips oh really? Proved me wrong.

    • @lanewhaley3605
      @lanewhaley3605 6 ปีที่แล้ว +29

      Rhino Alestorm th-cam.com/video/kRAEBbotuIE/w-d-xo.html

    • @harsha9919
      @harsha9919 6 ปีที่แล้ว +33

      The highest number of folds is 13 by the way

    • @randomuruk7230
      @randomuruk7230 6 ปีที่แล้ว +60

      There is no limit to how many folds you can do as long as you can apply the pressure needed

  • @PhluppeHimself
    @PhluppeHimself 10 ปีที่แล้ว +14

    Summary of most of the comments here:
    "I know it's mathematically correct, but it's not possible!"
    REALLY? It's just an idea that works in theory, just like ironman can invent a new element in 5 minutes for a movieplot or how dogs playing poker can work for a painting. Some people just don't understand the "if" in this video. Well at least we don't all suffer from the Dunning-Kruger effect...

  • @xuansu
    @xuansu 2 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    Hey Morty, forget school, we're going to the moon by folding paper !

  • @dogefoxdancer1817
    @dogefoxdancer1817 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    Me and My friend: ok we need 4 pieces of newspaper, a big box of food, and water
    Mom: Are you gonna make paper mache?
    Me and My friend: .....no

  • @shabir301
    @shabir301 6 ปีที่แล้ว +284

    The area of paper is also exponentially decreacing...so assume that initial area is 1m^2 that is length is 1m and breath is 1m after folding 49 times ...(by doing mathematical calculation)...the length and breath become 42(nano meter)....so, it becomes invisible to human eyes...thickness is less then 3000 time to human hair...

    • @ravinduwijayarathna6238
      @ravinduwijayarathna6238 5 ปีที่แล้ว +22

      mdsabir shaik that's right .. area is inversely proportional to it's length.. this is exactly what I've been trying to say..

    • @Coolet27
      @Coolet27 5 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      I realized that lol

    • @Isa-zc6bj
      @Isa-zc6bj 5 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      at last someone gets it

    • @emmetthawthorne1961
      @emmetthawthorne1961 5 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      Guess we just need 3 million news papers

    • @fortniteloser5111
      @fortniteloser5111 5 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      mdsabir shaik :( IF YOU HAD A HUUUUUUUGE PAPER YOU COULD FOLD IT 45 TIMES IN WITHIN (mathematics calculation) 27 hours.

  • @nolanwtf
    @nolanwtf 4 ปีที่แล้ว +503

    Me: “Mom I learned something new today!
    Mom: What is it?
    Me: I can get to the moon
    Mom: Its not that easy how are you going to do that?
    Me: *Holds bible*

    • @realprisec
      @realprisec 4 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      Bruh if this was real you could travel
      so much distance with a bible

    • @pshekchik
      @pshekchik 3 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      Holds 56 bibles xD

    • @entertainmenttelevision2486
      @entertainmenttelevision2486 3 ปีที่แล้ว +15

      @@pshekchik what about a single Mahabharata book with around 13,000 pages?

    • @Dackered
      @Dackered 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      LMAO

    • @skedaddle69
      @skedaddle69 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      *with the help of Jesus*

  • @bintangsetiadi7760
    @bintangsetiadi7760 12 วันที่ผ่านมา

    Good night, TED-ED, Can i use your video for my assignment? I hope your video makes my assignment the best in class.

  • @worthlessguy7477
    @worthlessguy7477 6 ปีที่แล้ว +417

    guys I went to mars by folding paper.
    but I didn't count how many folds.

    • @tester1991
      @tester1991 6 ปีที่แล้ว

      sai kk

    • @aeg9322
      @aeg9322 6 ปีที่แล้ว +10

      sai probably 193 folds

    • @supergamer4015
      @supergamer4015 6 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      50 folds or plus or minus is enough

    • @saucegod7260
      @saucegod7260 6 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      sai I traveled the whole universe it 103

    • @saucegod7260
      @saucegod7260 6 ปีที่แล้ว

      Saeed AlRomaithi it takes 103 to travel the whole universe

  • @winters7505
    @winters7505 6 ปีที่แล้ว +1044

    How much folds would it take to get to her heart? :'(

  • @whistlersama
    @whistlersama 3 ปีที่แล้ว +5

    Good representation, very relevant to covid. Is there an agnostic/metric version coming out soon for the modern world?

  • @Er.amitmishra
    @Er.amitmishra 3 ปีที่แล้ว

    It's a unit impulse function also called delta dirac function defined as f(t)=1÷e when e (the width of paper tends to 0 the function tend to infinity)

  • @bobtheflyingdonkey
    @bobtheflyingdonkey 8 ปีที่แล้ว +205

    if u fold it 45 times u get a rly long piece of paper

    • @dekos2140
      @dekos2140 8 ปีที่แล้ว +15

      +bobtheflyingdonkey rly long and skinny

    • @joseph-kim
      @joseph-kim 8 ปีที่แล้ว +10

      +DEK Gaming Oh god.

    • @romelacasascortes2235
      @romelacasascortes2235 8 ปีที่แล้ว

      What about 75 times?

    • @dekos2140
      @dekos2140 8 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      romela casas even longer and skinnier

    • @HeroesOfPepsi
      @HeroesOfPepsi 8 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      If you fold it 53 times you get to mars

  • @Saaraayee
    @Saaraayee 5 ปีที่แล้ว +114

    The illustrations is deceptive! The area of the surface of the paper gets smaller and smaller after each fold! So basically it gets as tiny as an atom after being folded for so many times. Which makes it a fun fact but literally impractical and undoable.

    • @alexshadel3617
      @alexshadel3617 5 ปีที่แล้ว +25

      good job einstein, u want an award?

    • @AB-gt6iv
      @AB-gt6iv 4 ปีที่แล้ว +15

      @@alexshadel3617 Y so rude?

    • @OHGBOMB
      @OHGBOMB 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Exactly what i was thinking about !

    • @Rohit-ez7pf
      @Rohit-ez7pf 4 ปีที่แล้ว +8

      @Something Studios it won't matter much because paper is shrinking exponentially..

    • @Re5_2karman
      @Re5_2karman 4 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      you guys are looking it the other way to figure what causes the impossibility. It's not about how hard to fold the paper, heck just forget folding and stack the paper instead, though it wouldn't still work since the bottom part of the stack can't handle the immense pressure that would already explode before you reach the moon
      Not to mention other factors like budget and weather effects which shouldn't be brought to this discussion

  • @smilingzuko9613
    @smilingzuko9613 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    The narrator sounds like he's gonna make me an offer which I can't refuse.

  • @Earl_Black
    @Earl_Black 4 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    Well why do we need NASA if we have billions of paper produced everyday

  • @maxxwelthrix432
    @maxxwelthrix432 7 ปีที่แล้ว +31

    What they forgot is that every time you fold a piece of paper in half it gets smaller while it gets thicker, the surface area of the paper doesn't change no matter how many times you fold it

  • @nicoxsheep1007
    @nicoxsheep1007 8 ปีที่แล้ว +71

    Over 9000+ folds you can get to Planet Vegeta, but sadly Frieza destroyed it after you fold 8999 folds

    • @JonathanLov
      @JonathanLov 8 ปีที่แล้ว +13

      +KomunistangTUPA 8999 folds means you were only half way there.

    • @waddesaurusrex6414
      @waddesaurusrex6414 8 ปีที่แล้ว

      I see what you did 😂

    • @Bot-vj6rp
      @Bot-vj6rp 8 ปีที่แล้ว

      +KomunistangTUPA Two puns in one. I think i just died.

    • @lukemolwitz9769
      @lukemolwitz9769 8 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      Actually, less than one half. You see, you must have OOOOOVER 9000!!!!!!!!!! folds.

    • @davidleon6233
      @davidleon6233 5 ปีที่แล้ว

      You weeb
      Jkjkjkjkjk issa joke... don’t kill me

  • @DanielW607
    @DanielW607 2 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    The problem with this is that you can’t do this even if you had an exponentially large piece of thin paper since eventually the folding of the paper literally causes the outer layers to be ripped in half since they are on the outer layers abs can’t stretch that far over each fold. Think of how each fold adds extra distance to in the form of the increasing curve

  • @Bedwarspro-dl4xz
    @Bedwarspro-dl4xz 2 ปีที่แล้ว +6

    0:45 amogus

    • @bluchad
      @bluchad 7 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      Lol

  • @aravindgopal3555
    @aravindgopal3555 6 ปีที่แล้ว +589

    Instructions not clear, stuck in orion's belt

    • @MrInstantRamen
      @MrInstantRamen 6 ปีที่แล้ว +13

      Instructions not clear, stuck in Andromeda.

    • @cheeseburgermonkey7104
      @cheeseburgermonkey7104 6 ปีที่แล้ว +7

      Instuctions not clear, stuck in the universe

    • @geffreygao6835
      @geffreygao6835 6 ปีที่แล้ว +25

      Instructions not clear, still stuck on this annoying planet with it's pesky earthlings.

    • @jlknightetherion5549
      @jlknightetherion5549 6 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      Instructions not clear
      Stuck near a nearby Universe

    • @jugemujugemugokonosurikire4735
      @jugemujugemugokonosurikire4735 6 ปีที่แล้ว +6

      Instructions not clear, Reached Sagittarius A

  • @chiknnoodl8195
    @chiknnoodl8195 7 ปีที่แล้ว +40

    The paper would get taller but also thinner with every food

    • @Blue_
      @Blue_ 7 ปีที่แล้ว +48

      "food"
      noice okay

    • @benjaminsambol
      @benjaminsambol 7 ปีที่แล้ว

      Lord Caden nice profile pic tho, fairytale on fleke

    • @michaelwu358
      @michaelwu358 7 ปีที่แล้ว

      Lord Caden c

    • @humant3206
      @humant3206 7 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      Yum yum, love myself some folded paper!

  • @animalsandbirdslovertukara2058
    @animalsandbirdslovertukara2058 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Awesome teaching

  • @14o1chan
    @14o1chan 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Riddle:
    At 1, I am a booklet, at 17 I am a dwarf, at 45 I am on the moon, and adding one more, I am back home. What am I?
    Answer: I am a folded piece of paper.

  • @stampzplayz6767
    @stampzplayz6767 5 ปีที่แล้ว +306

    As a canadian, Y U MURICANS NO SWITCH TO METRIC

  • @farhanarshad6064
    @farhanarshad6064 6 ปีที่แล้ว +598

    What am I suppose to do with this information

    • @gracegray3460
      @gracegray3460 5 ปีที่แล้ว +60

      lol the troll 91 go to the moon...

    • @spiritedrenee9895
      @spiritedrenee9895 5 ปีที่แล้ว +8

      Idk but I watched the full video anyway

    • @pogchamp5127
      @pogchamp5127 5 ปีที่แล้ว +7

      lol the troll 91
      Get ur *ss to the moon...

    • @shelbyanderson5546
      @shelbyanderson5546 5 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      *supposed, and idk it's pretty pointless

    • @Coolet27
      @Coolet27 5 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      it's kind of intresting

  • @lorisperfetto6021
    @lorisperfetto6021 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    I've got a question, how large should a hypothetical sheet of paper be to be folded 45 times?

  • @shinytv5148
    @shinytv5148 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    This is better than reading something out of google

  • @dixonbuttes
    @dixonbuttes 8 ปีที่แล้ว +117

    Came to comments to see if people would say "this is bullshit I can do it 25 times"

  • @birdhovno
    @birdhovno 4 ปีที่แล้ว +260

    You guys forget that the paper stack would become incredibly thin....getting slimer and slimmer, so it would be about 0,0001 mm in diameter (less than a hair)

    • @abdulrhmanmohamed1918
      @abdulrhmanmohamed1918 3 ปีที่แล้ว +32

      Why dont we just get a giant piece of paper?

    • @dinonuggiesguy4847
      @dinonuggiesguy4847 3 ปีที่แล้ว +17

      @@abdulrhmanmohamed1918 cost

    • @ShannonSuban
      @ShannonSuban 3 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      It isn't a piece of dough, it does not get thinner in this scenario

    • @levimckenna8344
      @levimckenna8344 3 ปีที่แล้ว +10

      ​@@dinonuggiesguy4847 they were joking, obviously they know that

    • @dinonuggiesguy4847
      @dinonuggiesguy4847 3 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      @@levimckenna8344 k

  • @madavmessi7947
    @madavmessi7947 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    at the end when he said fold it one more time and we could come back to earth i lost it

  • @Natasha-zj3pm
    @Natasha-zj3pm 3 หลายเดือนก่อน

    What a great idea for my son this weekend. It’ll be hours before he finishes.

  • @rimanshug5264
    @rimanshug5264 6 ปีที่แล้ว +141

    I've started to wonder why they built rockets !!

    • @TheNinthDJ
      @TheNinthDJ 5 ปีที่แล้ว

      it is expensive,derr

    • @chrispetersonbacon2693
      @chrispetersonbacon2693 5 ปีที่แล้ว

      Thrust. Quicker.

    • @Mystic-4252
      @Mystic-4252 5 ปีที่แล้ว

      Boosters is Quicker, Stronger and highly durable, Can Protect Humans from Cosmic Debris, Can store Science and Research gadgets, Large and can fit a lot, Easier to do, Can help people explore new stuff in lesser time, Can carry Satellite s, Better than folding a paper

    • @wsdadasdawf8384
      @wsdadasdawf8384 5 ปีที่แล้ว

      Just try to fold a paper 8 times and you will understand

    • @user-pf3zb7lv9b
      @user-pf3zb7lv9b 5 ปีที่แล้ว

      because, elon musk

  • @tajrianbhasha5408
    @tajrianbhasha5408 5 ปีที่แล้ว +185

    me: *mouth open,,,hands on my forehead,,,AMAZED*
    Dad: what are you watching?
    me: I have no idea...

  • @jakobbauz
    @jakobbauz 2 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    This is so counterintuitive that I, after seeing this and completely understanding it, still think it might very well be nothing more than a weird joke.

  • @syedarukhsar1710
    @syedarukhsar1710 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    So , finally , we now know about the broomstick that Ron Weasly mentioned that could go to Jupiter....

  • @lemonice
    @lemonice 8 ปีที่แล้ว +60

    BUT if I had 1 square meter of paper and I folded it in to half, then I have 0.5 square meters, then 0.25, 0.125... So it is smallest than atom in the end, right?

    • @BlackShot0wnageHD
      @BlackShot0wnageHD 8 ปีที่แล้ว

      +Tygr Asijsky genius

    • @lemonice
      @lemonice 8 ปีที่แล้ว

      Guitah Amir I know... :D

    • @dalibor8770
      @dalibor8770 8 ปีที่แล้ว

      +Tygr Asijsky helemese, kdo tady je =D

    • @dalibor8770
      @dalibor8770 8 ปีที่แล้ว

      Tygr Asijsky
      nič -.-

    • @lemonice
      @lemonice 8 ปีที่แล้ว

      Dalibor Kovačič Jééééé to je hezkýýýý

  • @instantcrush8262
    @instantcrush8262 7 ปีที่แล้ว +139

    Wouldn't the folded paper be extremly thin? I don't know how to explain it well, but wouldn't it be like a 'tower' that is insanely thin yet really tall? (just ignore me if it makes no sense, or is simply false. Never was good in science)

    • @emperorgluteusmaximus7069
      @emperorgluteusmaximus7069 7 ปีที่แล้ว +29

      You're correct. Each fold decreases the surface area of the paper by half. This is all theoretical of course. It's obviously impossible.

    • @instantcrush8262
      @instantcrush8262 7 ปีที่แล้ว

      EmperorGluteusMaximus im aware of that, thanks for replying

    • @CanWeGetSUBSWITHNOVIDS-sp7ye
      @CanWeGetSUBSWITHNOVIDS-sp7ye 7 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      +Instant Crush Lol NOT TRUE FOLD YOUR HAND

    • @CanWeGetSUBSWITHNOVIDS-sp7ye
      @CanWeGetSUBSWITHNOVIDS-sp7ye 7 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      +Instant Crush Lol NOT TRUE FOLD YOUR HAND

    • @theoutsider7854
      @theoutsider7854 7 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Instant Crush when u fold it, the thickness, if u measures the folded (lets say papers) hight it would have been doubled. Just like if you folded a blanket many times over, after each fold, you would find that it takes up more hight, while other dimensions may shrink